Application Authorization

Unified permissions for apps, RAG, and agents. Never build authorization again.
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A single permissions layer for apps, RAG, and agents

Oso is what engineering teams use when they’re done rolling their own permissions. It lets your application answer questions like “can this user read that document?” and “which objects can this agent manage?”

  • Define your authorization logic centrally

  • Plug in your application data

  • Call the Oso API to enforce authorization across apps, RAG, and agents

Available in the cloud or self-hosted.

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How Oso works

Oso decouples authorization from your application, so you can build fine-grained access control independently of your business logic.

Write your policy

RBAC, ReBAC, ABAC, AnyBAC you need. Express any authorization model with Polar, our flexible DSL for permissions logic.

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Plug in your data

Sync your authorization data with Oso, or keep it in your database – whatever fits your architecture best.

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Integrate (for the last time)

The right abstractions for every use case. Idiomatic SDKs in the language of your choice. Inline policy tests. Logging, regression testing, and debugging. Backed by the most comprehensive documentation on earth and the team that created the category.

Logos for various programming languages like JavaScript, Ruby, .Net, and Python.
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LLM Permissions

Define permissions in one place and enforce them everywhere—across apps, RAG pipelines, and autonomous agents.
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Microservices

Centralize your permissions, plug into any database. Use Oso’s SDKs to evaluate permissions locally, no need to sync everything.
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List Filtering

Efficient access control over large datasets, without scanning every row.
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DIY costs more than you think. 80%+ more.

Total Cost of Ownership diagram that compares using OSO versus Do-It-Yourself

Cut through the guesswork with Oso’s Authorization TCO Framework. Calculate the true costs of build versus buy.

Authorization done right